The Liang Xia Navy actually attacked a Newland-flagged oil tanker!

Also, those carrier-based aircraft came from the north.

The Liangxia fleet has bypassed the volcanic islands and appeared in front of the permanent fleet?

How can it be!?

The volcanic archipelago, especially the islands to the north, is less than a thousand kilometers from the mainland of Saga, which is not far at all, and there is not much room for the fleet to move. Even if the Liang Xia fleet had four aircraft carriers and enough fighters, it might not dare to approach the mainland.

Besides, how could it be that the patrol aircraft deployed on the mainland did not detect the Liangxia fleet!?

Surely this is not the case!

The Liangxia fleet must still be in the south, and the group was going to attack the permanent fleet, because the permanent fleet was not found, so it attacked the oil tankers on the way back.

It's entirely possible!

In the last battle of the Yanhai Sea, after the aircraft carriers of the mobile fleet were completely wiped out, the attack aircraft group sent by the Liang Xia fleet directly ignored the cruisers encountered, and only attacked a few damaged battleships on the way back, otherwise the four fast battleships would not have been able to escape.

The pilots who flew those carrier-based planes must have received an order to take out the four fast battleships first, and not to waste bombs on the hulls of the oil tankers.

So, where exactly is the Liangxia fleet?

When the staff officer marked the information mentioned in the telegram, that is, the location of the attack on the oil tanker, on the chart, Lan Yun suddenly understood.

The four tankers were actually right where the permanent fleet was supposed to be.

To be precise, on the route where the permanent fleet should be.

The four tankers did not turn and continued to sail north on a route close to the North Malaysia Islands, which was originally the route to be taken by the permanent fleet. Because of Tian Shi's warning, the permanent fleet avoided hundreds of kilometers to the east, and did not adjust its course later. If no warning was received from Tashi, then the permanent fleet was now on that course, just definitely ahead of the tankers.

This explains why the attack aircraft group emerged from the north.

The Liangxia fleet is coming for the permanent fleet, and it is not far from the oil tanker, it is very likely to be within 200 kilometers, otherwise where would those carrier-based aircraft get so much fuel, carry bombs and torpedoes, fly around the north of the oil tanker, and then attack when they return.

From this, it is speculated that the commander of the Liang Xia fleet has probably guessed the whereabouts of the permanent fleet.

Which fleet sent the attack aircraft group?

The one commanded by Liu Xiangzhen to support the Marine Corps in attacking Liuhuangdao, or the one commanded by Bai Zhizhan and the one with only one aircraft carrier?

Lan Yun was very big, because there was no mention of it in the telegram.

The only thing that matters is the size of the attack aircraft group. There were more than thirty of them, and they were mainly bombers, and there were not many torpedo machines.

Mainly bombers?

Lan Yun read it carefully again, and frowned.

If you're coming for the permanent fleet, why bombers?

The Saoyi Navy had been learning from the Liangxia Navy, so it knew that torpedoes were more threatening than bombs when bombing battleships.

In fact, the number one strike force of the Sagami naval aviation is the 97 ship attack, not the 99 ship explosion.

As for the Liangxia Navy, it is also dominated by "Flying Fish".

As long as it is determined that the focus is on dealing with battleships, then the attack aircraft group will definitely be dominated by torpedo machines.

In addition, there are only more than 30 planes, which is too few.

The attack has a permanent fleet of four fast battleships and seven heavy cruisers, and nearly a hundred carrier-based aircraft are needed, and more than thirty are simply not enough.

Didn't that group of attack aircraft go for the permanent fleet?

Is it necessary to expose its presence for four oil tankers, as well as two worthless destroyers?

Obviously, this doesn't make sense.

Thinking of this, Lan Yun's head became even bigger.

If he could, he really wanted to break the silence and send a telegram to ask Tian Shi.

"Commander!"

This time, when the telecommunications officer arrived, Lan Yun didn't notice.

After attracting Lan Yun's attention, the telecommunications officer didn't say much and handed over the telegram he had just received.

The telegram from the Military Command Department was still a war report, but it had little to do with the fleet, and it came from the garrison headquarters on Liuhuang Island.

In the early afternoon, the Liangxia fleet once again bombarded Liuhuang Island.

According to the defenders' reports, in just ten minutes, the Liangxia battleship fired hundreds of 350 mm and 400 mm bombs.

From this it follows that there were at least four fast battleships in the vicinity of the landing site.

After that, the carrier-based aircraft of the Liangxia Navy were also divided into three batches and bombed the rear positions of the defenders, and the sorties of carrier-based aircraft were about 300.

Because of the three bombardments carried out in a row, it can be concluded that at least four fleet carriers were involved in the battle.

Obviously, all of this is consistent with the previous intelligence, that is, there are four aircraft carriers and four fast battleships in the special task force commanded by Liu Xiangzhen.

The key is that the special group is on the side of Liuhuang Island.

Then, it will definitely be the fleet of the White Stop War that attacks the oil tankers!

There is only one aircraft carrier, and more than 30 carrier-based aircraft are dispatched in one wave, which is almost the limit.

As for the bomber-based, perhaps it was only because there was no need to use torpedoes, or it could be that the torpedo planes threw away their torpedoes in advance in order to save fuel.

The telegram also mentioned that the Military Command Department has dispatched more patrol aircraft to intensify patrols in the volcanic archipelago and the waters north of the volcanic archipelago.

This is obviously to reassure Lan Yun that he does not have to worry about the threat from the north.

Finally, Tian Shi once again stressed the importance of assaulting the Huangdao landing site according to the plan.

In order to attract Lan Yun's attention, Tian Shi mentioned in the telegram that the garrison of Liuhuangdao itself was a second-rate army, and after Li Zhong's death, no one could command the whole army, and the army refused to cooperate, so even if he tried his best, he couldn't hold out for long. Or it is precisely because of all the best efforts that the casualties and attrition are very large, and the morale collapses faster after the turn of the battle, so it can hold out for two or three days at most.

To put it bluntly, the defenders on Liuhuang Island are still holding on, and it is also because of the permanent fleet that they can still see such a glimmer of hope.

If hope is dashed, thousands of officers and soldiers will probably surrender.

On the side of Buzhou, there were hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, and they still said that they would surrender, and before surrendering, there was no sign at all!

Now, the Liangxia Marine Corps has begun to consolidate the landing ground, preparing to send heavy equipment ashore.

When an improvised dock is built and the transport ship is unloaded with tanks, heavy artillery and other heavy equipment, even if the permanent fleet kills it, it may not be able to turn the tide.

Just one sentence: the assault on the landing site must be carried out strictly in accordance with the plan.

The latest is the early morning of the 20th!

Is this to send the permanent fleet to death?

Lan Yun was a little speechless, but he didn't say much, because when he led the permanent fleet out of the Tuke Fortress, he had already put life and death on the line.

He wanted to repay the country with death several times before, but unfortunately he couldn't do it.

Besides, it's almost three o'clock in the afternoon.

After more than three hours, it will be dark.

If Liu Xiangzhen's four fast battleships were still on the side of the landing site, then at night, no one would be able to stop the permanent fleet from launching a surprise attack on the landing site.

Bai Zhizhan only has a maximum of two fast battleships in his hands, and Lan Yun has four here. If the fight starts, it's impossible to say who will kill the deer!

"Whew-"

Just then, the alarm sounded.

It's a long beep.

That's right, it was an air defense alert for an incoming enemy aircraft!